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6 Summer Sides with Local Produce

8 Kids in the Garden

12 Milkjam is Here!

A LETTER FROM YOUR CEO

Annual Owner Meeting: Save the Date!

Twin Cities Co-op

Team

Deb Kermeen

Senior

Director of Supply Chain Adam Gower Director of Human Resources

Senior Director of Purchasing & Merchandising

Anyone who is a long-time fan of the local restaurant scene knows the ABCs of the excellent restaurants we have lost over the years. From Auriga to Bobino to Café Brenda, many of my all-time favorite restaurants have come and gone. One of the most unique and delicious fine dining restaurants to ever exist in Minneapolis was the wonderful Saffron Café, which closed in 2016. The dynamic brother duo Sameh and Saed Wadi wowed diners for years with award winning modern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine and warm hospitality.

Doug Peterson Wedge Store Director

Publication

Contributors

Chelsea Korth Senior Communications Specialist

Lindsey Countryman Marketing Specialist

Jack Boyum Design & Art Direction

I was surprised but probably shouldn’t have been that their encore to Saffron was the always-popular World Street Kitchen and scoop shop, Milkjam Creamery – a half mile south of the Wedge on Lyndale Avenue. But now that it has been around for almost 7 years, it makes total sense. What could be better than the creativity of a James Beard Award winning chef using top quality ingredients applied to redefine our favorite food: ice cream.

At Twin Cities Cities Co-op Partners we are all about supporting the best local businesses. So when we heard that Milkjam was taking their amazing ice cream from their own scoop shops and packaging it in pints to sell at retail, we

We will be featuring 7 of their most popular flavors (4 dairy-based, and 3 vegan) on our shelves at the Wedge and Linden Hills. My personal favorite is Ridin’ Duuurty; I have been a fan of Oreo ice cream since I was a kid and this is next level – Oreo milk base with Oreo chunks and salted peanut butter! The flavor Black will make the most hardcore dairybased ice cream lover craving vegan with this incredible dark cocoa rendition. And what I love is, even flavors that might not occur to me taste incredible; last summer I sampled the pineapple lychee sorbet on a whim and I’m now hooked.

October 9

St. Mary’s Church

Watch your mailboxes later this summer for a special mailing regarding the Board candidates, election, and meeting information.

Twin Cities Co-op Classes

Mark your calendar for our upcoming class series in September: Hispanic Heritage Month! We’re excited to present this in collaboration with Eastside Food Co-Op, Mississippi Market Food Co-Op, and Seward Community Co-Op as a way to examine and connect our cooperative values with food, equity, and social justice. Dates and details will be posted on our website and social media.

Our Upcoming Change Matters Partners

Your round-ups at the register will make a positive impact on:

Twin Cities Food Justice

July

Reducing food waste and hunger

Avenues for Youth

August

Housing and support services for youth

Tamales y Bicicletas

September